In order to open the business smoothly, Luo Huai’an immediately started pre-job training for the wenyao after bringing them back.
Not only have these wenyao developed intelligence, they could also transform into human form. The sounds of people moving at night mentioned by the former employees of the Eighth Canteen were caused by them transforming into humans.
Twenty men and women now stood before Luo Huai’an. All of them were quite good looking, in their twenties or thirties, with a gentle beauty unique to aquatic creatures. Even fish with rough-pitched voices were, for the most part, not exceptions to this rule1.
Luo Huai’an was full of fighting spirit and expressed her welcome, “Welcome in joining my Eighth Canteen. From now on, we are a family.”
When the wenyao‘s head of the family, Big Fish, heard that his territory had become Luo Huai’an’s, he felt indignant.
After Luo Huai’an came to the school, she not only beat him up, but also took away his big house. This was simply an injustice! The anger in Big Fish’s heart almost made him forget the previous lesson. He whispered fiercely in return, “This is my house. The Chancellor of this school built it for me.”
Luo Huai’an raised her eyebrows. “If you are not convinced, we can ask the Chancellor to explain again.”
After hearing her words, Big Fish gradually became depressed. He had already realized that the Chancellor was a heartless man. He said he liked him, but when he saw him, he treated him as a scourge, and he knew that the man would never speak up for him.
The other younger wenyao gradually fell silent when they saw Big Fish’s wilted look.
In fact, they didn’t resist much when Luo Huai’an brought them out. Seeing the light of day again, they even felt a little grateful to Luo Huai’an, this bad woman who beat them up. There was nothing to do in the metaphysics-sealed cell—no cell phones were allowed, no chatting, and it was boring as hell. Anyway, whoever wanted to stay in jail could stay there, but they certainly didn’t want to.
Seeing that he was silent, Luo Huai’an began to count the number of people, wanting to remember their names. But after hearing the wenyao Fish family’s names, the smile on her face froze.
“Your name is Big Fish2, your wife’s name is Second Fish, and are the others named Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth?”
Who knew that as soon as she finished speaking, those young wenyao nodded one after another.
“Yes, my name is Third Fish. I am my parents’ eldest child.”
“My name is Fourth Fish.”
“My name is Fifth Fish.”
Luo Huai’an: “…”
She turned to look at Big Fish, feeling a little emotional. He could name himself Big Fish, and name his descendants Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth. This family’s naming skills were truly evident.
Luo Huai’an thought about it and felt that this naming method was quite easy to remember, so she didn’t say much and just nodded.
After a while, Luo Huai’an discovered that these young wenyao were all about the same age and had very close relationships. She couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Are you all relatives?”
The wenyao chirped together, “No, we are brothers and sisters, born of the same mother.”
“All eighteen of us brothers and sisters were born on the same day.”
Luo Huai’an: “???”
She cast an admiring glance at Second Fish, Big Fish’s wife, who was standing beside him. “One pregnancy, eighteen babies?”
Second Fish smiled shyly, “Us wenyao are fertilized in vitro.”
Luo Huai’an sighed, and a strange thought suddenly occurred to her. With so many wenyao born and their rapid growth, they were the perfect animals for breeding!
Big Fish keenly felt that Luo Huai’an’s eyes were a little strange when she looked at him, and he couldn’t help but raise his hands to hug himself comfortingly. Why did he feel that this person’s eyes were calculating and a little too greedy?
He felt a chill in his heart and couldn’t help but turn his head to the side. He saw his sons and daughters playing with their phones. All eighteen of them were gathered neatly together. The eldest son, Third Fish, was holding an old flip phone. This flip phone could connect to a 2G network and access some text-only websites.
After Third Fish browsed the forum for a while with his mobile phone, the other wenyao stopped him from playing.
“Eldest Brother, stop playing. I want to play Snake.”
“What’s so interesting about Snake? I think Tetris is more fun. Let’s play Tetris.”
Third Fish nodded but then immediately opened his 5-in-a-Row game to play. His younger siblings were furious, but they dared not speak out. They couldn’t beat Third Fish, and they couldn’t claim the phone from him. After a moment of anger, they resigned themselves to their fate and sat down beside their eldest brother to watch.
Luo Huai’an was a little confused when she saw the antique phone in his hand. “This phone…” It’s so old.
Big Fish, hearing her words, thought she was envious of his son’s phone and said with a hint of pride, “That’s the best phone I’ve ever found in the ocean.” With ocean pollution becoming increasingly serious, anyone could find anything, including a phone. While this phone was a bit outdated, it was much more suitable for them than those unlocked smartphones.
Luo Huai’an felt a little embarrassed and looked down at her smartphone, gaining a general understanding of the wenyao’s living standards.
Luo Huai’an had a registration certificate and could work to earn money, but the wenyao didn’t have one. Ever since they woke up after the spiritual energy was revived, they could only pick up garbage on the seabed. Big Fish came with his family to the Aeronautics University to have a better quality of life. Before they could enjoy a few days of good life, their identities were exposed and they was arrested by the relevant departments.
By the time Luo Huai’an brought them out of jail, they now all had their identification documents, but fortune and misfortune go hand in hand, and there was now an indelible criminal record on their resumes.
… … translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com
Luo Huai’an put away her sympathy and assigned tasks one by one. She assigned them simple mechanical and manual labor, which they were fully capable of. The most beautiful Fish siblings were assigned to serve food at the front dining area, while the others worked as kitchen helpers and cleaners in the kitchen at the back.
The wenyao have never worked like this before, and after hearing her work arrangements, they all felt very curious and were eager to try it out.
The wenyao whispered to each other, “Working is definitely better than going to jail. At least I can watch eldest brother play with the phone.”
“This bad woman isn’t that bad after all. At least she led us out of jail.”
Luo Huai’an heard the little Fish calling her a bad woman, so she hit him hard on the head and taught him a lesson, “From now on, you have to call me boss!”
The little Fish covered the big bump on his head, took a deep breath, and nodded aggrievedly.
Luo Huai’an acted like a boss and gave all these naughty little Fish a lesson, feeling relieved. Naughty kids were usually so because they were spoiled, so a simple beating will do the trick.
Mythical Beast Cafeteria translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com
T/N: For the record, I do not approve of hitting naughty kids or naughty employees. But maybe it’s different for supernatural beasts.
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Chapter 5.2 — Don’t Go Near the Aero U’s Cafeterias!
Chapter 6.1 — Alas, I Don’t Have the Knowledge
Chapter 6.2 — Alas, I Don’t Have the Knowledge
Chapter 6.3 — Alas, I Don’t Have the Knowledge
Chapter 7 — Why Are So Many People Coming to the Eighth Cafeteria?
Chapter 8.1 — How Does The Boss Have So Many Connections?
Chapter 8.2 — How Does The Boss Have So Many Connections?
Chapter 8.3 — How Does The Boss Have So Many Connections?
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